UH Campus Mosquito Spraying

On Thursday, Aug. 30, Myers Pest Services
will be conducting preventative mosquito spraying throughout the UH main campus
from approximately 8 p.m. to midnight.

The spray will be administered via
cart-mounted mist system and small back-pack units. As a precautionary measure only, all staff
and students on campus should remain indoors while the spraying is taking place
in their immediate vicinity. The spray
dissipates within five minutes.

As reported in the news, there have been
confirmed cases of West Nile virus in the Houston area. Thus far, the cases have been isolated to
northwest Houston. The Harris County
Public Health and Environmental Services office (HCPHES) is treating most of
Houston on a weekly basis. We are
supplementing that with our own sprayings to help keep the mosquito population
around campus as controlled as possible.

HCPHES recommends the following procedures to
limit exposure to mosquitoes that may carry the West Nile virus:

Limit
your time outside at dusk (early evening) and dawn (prior to daylight). These are the times mosquitoes are most
active.